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deep in the corner of the furrow places them where they 

 will do the least possible damage in the way of interfering 

 with capillary attraction, where they do not interfere with 

 after cultivation and in the right place to decay in the 

 soonest possible time, because the water trickling down 

 between the furrow slices has an easy approach to them. 



The oat requires 504 tons of water or 4.45 acre inches 

 to grow a ton of dry substance, and approximately 2,100 

 degrees of heat. The plant food elements that enter 

 the make-up of the oat do not require so much heat for 

 their manufacture as those of the corn plant. This has 

 led to the statement that oats do not require heat and 

 also that oats do best in a moist and relatively cool cli- 

 mate. It naturally follows that if the seed bed is put in 

 condition for the successful manufacture and liberation 

 of plant food as the plants need it and the ground kept in 

 shape so that it will always be relatively cool during the 

 growth of the oat plant, one does not have to worry 



about the cool climate. 







We often hear that an oat crop should be planted as 

 early in the spring as possible and that an early frost 

 clipping the green plant does not do any real damage. 



The real reason why scientists advocate the early 

 planting of oats is on account of the cool condition of the 

 ground necessary for the development of this plant. 



Plowing for oats brings up an interesting question and 

 one that every oat grower can ponder upon with profit. 



Is it necessary to plow for oats or can the ground be 

 disked and a good crop grown? 



We hear diversified opinions as to the results. One 

 year farmers maintain that plowing increases their 



